“Encountering the Word” There are no special languages: not Greek, nor Latin; not Hebrew, nor Arabic; nor yet Sanskrit. Certainly not English. Why then do we persist in the myth making of the power of particular languages to capture in their net “the Word of God,” of Truth, more perfectly in one form of words … Continue reading “Encountering the Word”
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“A Love Affair Revisited”
“A Love Affair Revisited” ‘… Between the idea/And the reality Between the motion/And the act Falls the shadow For Thine is the Kingdom Between the conception/And the creation Between the emotion/And the response Falls the shadow Life is very long Between the desire/And the spasm … Continue reading “A Love Affair Revisited”
“Paths, Truth, and Travelling”
“Paths, Truth and Travelling” One week ago already we stood as one to witness my beloved youngest son marry his lovely partner in the Botanic Gardens under the spreading canopy of a huge Moreton Bay Fig. How appropriate, more than 120 mainly family members joined in those moments, in that situation. Time passes and events … Continue reading “Paths, Truth, and Travelling”
“Opening the Word”
Opening the “Word” of God “Each sensible thing has a created Spirit by which its Form is constituted. As Spirit of that form, it is related to the form as a meaning is related to a word…” (‘Abd al-Karim Jili, quoted in Alone with the Alone: Creative Imagination in the Sufism of Ibn ‘Arabi, … Continue reading “Opening the Word”
“Autobiography: Lotus Heart”
Autobiographical Fragments One door closes, another opens It has been many long years since I met Mr. Mehta and his gang of rogues at his little hotel, high in the Palani Hills, in south-western India. I had left Krishnamurti and the crowds that surrounded those last talks in Madras and fled further south stopping only … Continue reading “Autobiography: Lotus Heart”
“Where is God?”
Where is God? For a long time I have pondered this question. Uncounted others do the same every day. Given a world where murder and mayhem, greed and falsity sit hand in hand with power and influence, one is forced to confront such a question day after day, even moment to moment. Where to find … Continue reading “Where is God?”
“To Blog or Not to Blog: That is the Question”
Any Answers? “To Blog or Not to Blog, That is the Question” After a few days of ‘Blogging’ I would like to ask the question of any ‘out there’ who may have found my site and perhaps read some of the posts, should I continue with it? Does it have any relevance to anything, any … Continue reading “To Blog or Not to Blog: That is the Question”
“What Is Compassion?”
“What Is Compassion?” The frost indicates that winter’s grip tightens. My bones tell me the same message. I woke in the night with the heart playing tricks on me, breathing difficult and tight. Medication eases some of the symptoms such that sleep is again possible (years past would have spelled an opportunity to get up; … Continue reading “What Is Compassion?”
“Only Love: Opening the Way”
“Only Love” (Opening the ‘Path of Love’) What price love? Can anyone put a price on it? It has no monetary value for it can’t be bought; anything that can is not love. Half a lifetime spent in its pursuit – is that too much or too little? Should it not be cradle to grave? … Continue reading “Only Love: Opening the Way”
“Opening the Way”
“Opening” “Truth is a Pathless Land. No one can take you there” It was just this ‘proposition’ that was addressed for more than a millennia by the subtle metaphysics of the various Sufi Tariqah’s (pathways between oases in the desert). Middle Eastern Sufis became ‘Wayfarers’ when they set out on these hidden ‘pathways’ and their … Continue reading “Opening the Way”
Tracks in a Pathless Land 